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Policy Review articles from December 2005
A bimonthly journal of the Hoover Institution that promotes inquiry into the American condition, American and other government and political and economic systems, and the role of the United States in the world. For the academic audience.
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Policy Review archives from December 2005
Iraq is not Vietnam.
December 1, 2005... WHEN AMERICAN GROUND forces paused briefly during the march to Baghdad in 2003, critics of the war were quick to warn of a "quagmire," an oblique reference to the Vietnam War. Virtually as soon as it became clear that the conflict in Iraq had...
What is "cruel and unusual"?(Eighth Amendment)
December 1, 2005... THE EIGHTH AMENDMENT is a jurisprudential train wreck. Its proudly humane language banning "cruel and unusual punishments" may remain among the Bill of Rights' most famous sound bites, but nobody today has the faintest clue what it means. The...
China's quest for Asia.(tsunami)
December 1, 2005... DECEMBER 30, 2004, was hardly a proud moment for China, Asia's rising superpower. On that day, China's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Liu Jianchao, announced $2.7 million in disaster relief to victims of the great Sumatran tsunami that killed...
Making democracy stick.(democratization )
December 1, 2005... AN AMBITIOUS STRATEGY of democracy promotion is poised to be a major pillar of U.S. foreign policy for many years after 9/11, just as Cold War containment, trade liberalization, and development assistance were pillars of American policy in the...
On the disposal of dictators.(Saddam Hussein)
December 1, 2005... IN BETWEEN HIS defiant court appearances, Saddam Hussein sits in a cell, probably eating a bag of Doritos. He also enjoys Cheetos and Raisin Bran Crunch, at least according to the Pennsylvania National Guardsmen once assigned to him and...
Too few good men.(Promises I Can Keep: Why Poor Women Put Motherhood Before Marriage)(Book review)
December 1, 2005... KATHRYN EDIN AND MARIA KEFALAS. Promises I Can Keep: Why Poor Women Put Motherhood Before Marriage. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS. 312 PAGES. $24.95.
JASON DEPARLE. American Dream: Three Women, The Kids, and a Nation's Drive to End...
Churchill's workshop.(In Command of History: Churchill Fighting and Writing the Second World War)(Book review)
December 1, 2005... DAVID REYNOLDS. In Command of History: Churchill Fighting and Writing the Second World War. RANDOM HOUSE. 631 PAGES. $35.00.
CHURCHILL'S WARTIME memoir, the six-volume The Second World War, is among the most influential works of history of...
Democratizing the constitution.(Active Liberty: Interpreting Our Democratic Constitution)(Book review)
December 1, 2005... STEPHEN BREYER. Active Liberty: Interpreting Our Democratic Constitution. ALFRED A. KNOPF. 161 PAGES. $21.00.
THE STRUGGLE OVER the Supreme Court is a high-stakes contest, though how the sides differ and what they share frequently gets lost...